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October 01, 2009

We loved, loved, loved this project! Another one from our Earthschooling curriculum- we just find more and more gems from Kristie Burns. The kids had so much fun decorating these apple bowls which we plan to fill with applesauce tomorrow when Papa is (hopefully!) home for dinner at last!

June 08, 2009

May 12, 2009

Since I stopped drinking coffee and mostly started brewing tea at home, I haven't been by my favorite coffee shop in a while. But I was driving by this morning and couldn't resist stopping in for a visit. They brew a wonderful loose leaf vanilla rooibus teaand also feature a hip young coffee guy with the coolest name I have ever heard. Jeresiah and I chatted while my tea was steeping and the conversation went from where have I been (off coffee lately) to a really interesting discussion about being reliant upon or addicted to anything in particular.

Jeresiah is apparently opposed to being reliant upon anything at all except a woman (good for you, Jeresiah!) and we discussed how life is just generally better when we make conscious choices in moderation and not just out of habit.

The conversation then led to the coolness of trees and we compared trees- my necklace, his tatoo (sorry no photo of that). Which led to my friend, Kieli Storm, who Jeresiah does not know (see I am going to try to use his name as many times as I can here and hope that I am spelling it right).

My friend Kieli is the Kieli of Silver Storm and Co and is this fantastically talented jewelry designer/artist/mom all around amazing kind of woman. She designed this necklace for me more than 10 years ago and it is a prized possession that still gets compliments EVERYWHERE I wear it. (It would probably get more if I cleaned it more regularly- sorry Kieli).

She is so wonderful that Rod and I also asked her to design our wedding rings. Which, of course, are even more highly prized possessions. Which got me thinking about our wedding.

Which just got me generally happy. Which just made my day. I hope yours is great too.

May 01, 2009

Considering the cloudy weather here in Plymouth this morning, I'm grateful we celebrated May Day one day early with our friends in our parent-child class at the Waldorf School of Cape Cod. We skipped (sort of) around the May Pole and died these little silk bags with the kids. They looked beautiful fluttering on a clothes line to dry outside. The materials are available from Paper Scissors Stone and I am pretty sure we will be attempting this at home sometime soon since it was really fun and the results were so pretty.

We're looking forward to brighter weather this week-end so we can start collecting little treasures to store in their bags.

April 17, 2009

Alexa had her first trip to the emergency room last night. A rather surprising table-setting-injury. (Can you believe we were playing with branches and shovels and tree trunks all day but she cut her head open on the dining room table instead?).

She was afraid to go to the hospital but got lots of reassurance from Papa (who has many scars to share from experience) and I sent her off with my "special" pastels and notebook to draw with. She was thrilled and brought me home a stitch and her work (below) with the proud announcement, "I got a stitch, Mama, and I didn't even cry one bit!".